The Gospel of Matthew | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Wed, 09 Apr 2025 12:50:58 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anitamathias.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-Anita_lgr_hi_res_square_512-32x32.jpg The Gospel of Matthew | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com 32 32 The Kingdom of God is Here Already, Yet Not Yet Here https://anitamathias.com/2025/04/08/the-kingdom-of-god-is-here-already-yet-not-yet-here-2/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 18:27:03 +0000 https://anitamathias.com/?p=68484 (Please click the link in which I lead you through this meditation)   The Kingdom of God is Here Already, Yet Not Yet Here The Son of Man will come on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. (Matthew 24:20)   This knowledge hums in our bones: Our life on earth will end, and […]

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The post For Scoundrels, Scallywags, and Rascals—Christ Came first appeared on Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires.]]> How to Lead an Extremely Significant Life https://anitamathias.com/2023/10/18/how-to-lead-an-extremely-significant-life/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 20:33:53 +0000 https://anitamathias.com/?p=68366 16th century icon (I’ve recorded this as a podcast, as usual. Please click the green button 🙂 How to Lead an Extremely Significant Life Matthew 20: 20-28 Jesus came from a Kingdom of voluntary gentleness, in which Christ, called the Lion of Judah, stands at the centre of the throne in the guise of a […]

The post How to Lead an Extremely Significant Life first appeared on Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires.]]> Don’t Walk Away From Jesus, but if You Do, He Still Looks at You and Loves You https://anitamathias.com/2023/09/22/dont-walk-away-from-jesus-but-if-you-do-he-still-looks-at-you-and-loves-you/ Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:08:52 +0000 https://anitamathias.com/?p=68352   Matthew 19: 16-26 Don’t Walk Away From Jesus, but if You Do, He Still Looks at You and Loves You   It’s a beautiful offer: Come follow Jesus on a life of divine guidance on faith-challenging and exciting adventures.   Chasing ambitions, strutting our stuff exhausts us, but the excitements of knowing the ever-fresh, […]

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